The Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has intercepted a Toyota Hiace bus, (with registration number 10B-87GM, Gombe State) carrying 21 minors from Labule and Ibeto towns of Magama Local Government Area in Niger State to Maine Soroa in the Niger Republic. The minors between the ages of 7 and 15 years were rescued by the NIS …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that all the minors facing prosecution in court over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest last August should immediately be released without prejudice to the law. President Tinubu also directed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda to see to the welfare of the minors. The Minister of Information …

The Counsel to the Federal Government, Rimazonte Ezekiel has said that some of the 76 accused persons arraigned for #EndBadGovernance protests are adults, and not minors. Ezekiel even said that they have wives who came with their parents to the court. Following the ruling on Friday by a Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja that they …

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has issued a strong condemnation of the continued detention and reported maltreatment of minors involved in the #EndBadGovernance protests. The organisation expressed deep concern following reports that several detained children, some under the age of 15, collapsed due to malnutrition inside a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday . The minors have …